Censorship
Censorship can be defined as the imitation or removal of words, images or ideas that are considered inappropriate, or goes against people's political, personal or moral views, from the general public in a society.
Throughout generations of leadership and literature, ideas have been censored from groups of people in order to accomplish a specific goal. In most instances, information is banned to allow a government to withhold power and maintain sanity. Censorship is a questionable topic, because often it can keep people safe, while it also removes individuals rights to absorb knowledge. A fantastic example of censorship to keep order, is in the novel the Giver by Lois Lowry. In the Giver society, every individual is treated the same, life is orderly, but the citizens cannot learn about the past and present of the world around them. They even have a controlled environment where the weather never changes and no one has the ability to see color. When Jones was chosen to be next Giver of past history, he uncovered the lack of knowledge provided by the government and the amazing experiences outside his city, therefore he decided to flee.
The banning of information is still occurring in today's world in our everyday lives, but more harshly occurs in nations such as China and North Korea, to prevent rebellion against the government. Censorship is never right because it eliminates others' rights to gain knowledge. Individuals who were kept illiterate for most of their lives, like Frederick Douglass, may question what the is purpose in having the ability to read if you cannot choose what you would like to learn.
Even within the novel Animal Farm, censorship occurs. Some banned information throughout the story included the hiding of the pigs' goals, understanding what truly happened to Boxer before his death, information talked about during Meetings that exclude most animals, and education that was only taught to the piglets.
Throughout generations of leadership and literature, ideas have been censored from groups of people in order to accomplish a specific goal. In most instances, information is banned to allow a government to withhold power and maintain sanity. Censorship is a questionable topic, because often it can keep people safe, while it also removes individuals rights to absorb knowledge. A fantastic example of censorship to keep order, is in the novel the Giver by Lois Lowry. In the Giver society, every individual is treated the same, life is orderly, but the citizens cannot learn about the past and present of the world around them. They even have a controlled environment where the weather never changes and no one has the ability to see color. When Jones was chosen to be next Giver of past history, he uncovered the lack of knowledge provided by the government and the amazing experiences outside his city, therefore he decided to flee.
The banning of information is still occurring in today's world in our everyday lives, but more harshly occurs in nations such as China and North Korea, to prevent rebellion against the government. Censorship is never right because it eliminates others' rights to gain knowledge. Individuals who were kept illiterate for most of their lives, like Frederick Douglass, may question what the is purpose in having the ability to read if you cannot choose what you would like to learn.
Even within the novel Animal Farm, censorship occurs. Some banned information throughout the story included the hiding of the pigs' goals, understanding what truly happened to Boxer before his death, information talked about during Meetings that exclude most animals, and education that was only taught to the piglets.